Overview

Indiana University Bloomington offers an M.A. program in Folklore and Ethnomusicology, and Ph.D. degrees as well as a public practice concentration. You may also choose to pursue a dual master's degree in conjunction with other departments and schools, such as Arts Administration and Library and Information Sciences.

Key Features

Our research and coursework consider the many ways in which tradition intersects with the domains of popular culture, politics, commerce, and public policy.

Our department offers a number of options for graduate study in both folklore and ethnomusicology. We provide training in the folklore subfields of oral narrative, song, material culture, ritual, festival, worldview, and other topics of research interest. Graduate students of ethnomusicology study music as culture, with an emphasis on area studies, theory, and the presentation and preservation of music.

Our department is dedicated to the study of expressive forms traditional, contemporary, vernacular, and popular within an integrative academic program. Students and faculty conduct research in a range of world areas, using diverse research methods: ethnographic, historical, archival, and laboratory.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Culture studies

Ethnomusicology

Folklore

Anthropology

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Bloomington, United States

Disciplines

Area & Cultural Studies Musicology View 293 other Masters in Musicology in United States

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Academic requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Personal statement

Writing sample

Curriculum vita or resume

Three letters of recommendation

Transcripts from all colleges attended

GRE scores

TOEFL or IELTS scores

Tuition Fees

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35577 USD / year

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Out-of-State

35577 USD / year

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In-State

35577 USD / year

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Living costs

Bloomington

United States

1071 - 1733 USD / month

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Funding

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